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Corporate Development Associate

Location
Menlo Park, CA
Workplace
On-site
Compensation
$104k – $153k
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About this role

The Meta Corporate Development team supports Meta's long-term strategy by evaluating and executing strategic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, minority investments, and other transactions. We are hiring a Corporate Development Associate to work closely with deal leads, integration, and cross-functional partners to assess opportunities, run key analyses, and support end-to-end deal execution. In this role, you will contribute across the transaction lifecycle - helping develop deal rationale, build and refine financial models, coordinate diligence workstreams, and prepare executive-ready materials. You will join a small, collaborative, fast-paced team; successful candidates will have demonstrated experience translating complex information into structured analyses, maintaining accuracy across detailed workstreams, and independently advancing work with appropriate guidance - able to translate complex strategic and technical information into structured recommendations, learn quickly, and operate with high ownership under guidance from the Corporate Development team.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze and understand Meta's strategic objectives, as well as industry trends to identify, recommend and pursue companies/technologies that can meet those objectives
  • Support transaction execution across M&A, minority investments, and strategic partnerships, including diligence coordination, workplan tracking, and preparation of materials
  • Build and maintain financial analyses (operating, valuation, synergy models) to inform deal decisions
  • Develop strategic and market perspectives by creating industry landscapes, competitive maps, and investment theses aligned to Meta's strategic priorities
  • Prepare executive-ready materials (briefing documents, internal memos, presentations) that synthesize strategic rationale, risks, and key diligence findings
  • Coordinate with cross-functional partners (Product, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Integration)
  • Monitor trends in relevant technology markets; summarize emerging themes, companies, and potential opportunities for the broader team


Minimum Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in a mix of investment banking, consulting, venture capital, corporate strategy, private equity, or corporate development, in the technology industry
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g. Finance, Economics, Business, Accounting, Math)
  • Experience supporting transaction processes (e.g., diligence support, valuation analysis, process coordination, internal materials preparation) for M&A, investments, or strategic partnerships
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and work effectively across teams, including with leadership stakeholders, to gather inputs and drive alignment on analyses and deliverables
  • Demonstrated analytical skills, including building and interpreting financial/valuation and other quantitative analyses (e.g., operating models, comps/precedents, valuation analysis)
  • Demonstrated understanding of technology, with the ability to engage product and engineering partners on product/technical roadmaps and translate into business implications


Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
  • Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
  • Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
  • Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
  • Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
  • Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
  • Experience supporting post-merger integration planning or cross-functional program coordination following a transaction close
  • Familiarity with the competitive landscape across AI, augmented reality, virtual reality, or consumer internet markets
  • Experience executing M&A transactions or strategic investments in the technology sector, including due diligence and deal structuring


$104,000/year to $153,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

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